main.py

import cv2
import pytesseract
from tkinter import Tk
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename


def extract_text_from_image(image_path):
    # Read the image using OpenCV
    image = cv2.imread(image_path)

    # Convert the image to grayscale
    gray_image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

    # Apply image preprocessing (optional)
    # You can experiment with different preprocessing techniques
    preprocessed_image = cv2.medianBlur(gray_image, 3)

    # Perform OCR using pytesseract
    extracted_text = pytesseract.image_to_string(preprocessed_image)

    return extracted_text

def save_text_to_file(text, file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'a') as file:
        file.write(text + '\n')

# Create a Tkinter root window
root = Tk()
root.withdraw()  # Hide the root window

# Prompt the user to select an image file using the file dialog
image_path = askopenfilename(title="Select an image file", filetypes=[("Image files", "*.png;*.jpg;*.jpeg")])



if image_path:
    # Specify the image file path
    # Specify the text file path
    text_file_path = 'extracted_text.txt'

    # Extract text from the image
    extracted_text = extract_text_from_image(image_path)

    # Save the extracted text to the text file in append mode
    save_text_to_file(extracted_text, text_file_path)
else:
    print("no path")